Arizona Hemp-Farming Bill Voted Down by Senate Committee

Arizona's Senate Judiciary Committee voted against a bill that would allow industrial hemp farming in the state.

Hemp farming is illegal in most states, despite the fact that smoking the plant, which is related to marijuana plants, won't get you stoned.

Just as more pro-marijuana bills are showing up around the country, there have been proposals in more than a dozen states to legalize industrial hemp farming, too.

Now it's not likely that it's going to be legalized in Arizona this year.

The panel voted it down despite a prospective hemp farmer, Jesse Lopez -- who's also the vice president of the pro-marijuana group AZ4NORML -- giving testimony to the panel describing his plans for growing hemp.

Lopez insisted there's definitely a local market for hemp, and Democratic Senator Andrea Dalessandro didn't seem to disagree, noting that she found hemp seed at Costco that was made in Canada.

Despite this, the committee narrowly voted down the bill, with members of both parties being in support and opposition of the bill.

Aside from Dalessandro's mention of her encounter with the hemp seed, none of the senators aired their complaints with the bill.

Reason being of course is the industrialist don't want hemp legalized. There is a long list of reasons why they don't want the plant legalized, it would take money out of their pockets. Among the culprits we have William Randolph Hearst who wanted to cut down a forest to print his rag paper. Then we have Dupont who favors petroleum based plastics. This list is a long one and dates back to when these folks put a lot of money into prohibition.

The
USA has a $450 million / year HEMP industry. Here is a $450 million
dollar a year question: Why does Forty-fourth President Barack Obama
prohibit US farmers from growing HEMP when First President George
Washington, who also GREW HEMP, declared 'Make the most of the Indian
HEMP seed and sow it everywhere!' ?The
President takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws of the United
States. As important, if not more important, that oath also specifies
that they uphold the Constitution. They can refuse to enforce a law if
they believe it is unconstitutional since the Constitution, as the
supreme law of the land, takes precedence over acts of Congress. Hence,
Congress is under a duty not to pass unconstitutional laws, the
President is under a duty not to enforce unconstitutional laws, and the
courts are under a duty to strike down unconstitutional laws.' - excerpt
from RedState.com July 11/12 article - Moreover, Prohibition of HEMP is
a crime against humanity. HEMP seed is the most complete food source in
the world. - Public Knowledge - See Article 25 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. 'The 9th Amendment to the US Constitution
seems to provide firm legal ground for us to eat by our best
understandings, asserting "The enumeration in the Constitution, of
certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others
retained by the people." Thomas Jefferson certainly advised us to claim
and exercise the right of food choice when he wrote, “If people let the
government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take,
their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those
who live under tyranny.”' - excerpt from FoodIsTheKey.com | The US
Constitution takes a different position -

The USA has a $450 million / year HEMP industry. Here is a $450 million dollar a year question: Why does Forty-fourth President Barack Obama prohibit US farmers from growing HEMP when First President George Washington, who also GREW HEMP, declared 'Make the most of the Indian HEMP seed and sow it everywhere!' ?
The President takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. As important, if not more important, that oath also specifies that they uphold the Constitution. They can refuse to enforce a law if they believe it is unconstitutional since the Constitution, as the supreme law of the land, takes precedence over acts of Congress. Hence, Congress is under a duty not to pass unconstitutional laws, the President is under a duty not to enforce unconstitutional laws, and the courts are under a duty to strike down unconstitutional laws.' - excerpt from RedState.com July 11/12 article - Moreover, Prohibition of HEMP is a crime against humanity. HEMP seed is the most complete food source in the world. - Public Knowledge - See Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 'The 9th Amendment to the US Constitution seems to provide firm legal ground for us to eat by our best understandings, asserting "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Thomas Jefferson certainly advised us to claim and exercise the right of food choice when he wrote, “If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.”' - excerpt from FoodIsTheKey.com | The US Constitution takes a different position - Mary Jane's™

The law makers in Arizona are stupid I guess the don't want Arizona people who are sick to try hemp oil and see how their life's can change and to help Arizona make more money I guess the don't listen to the president or lawmakers who make it legal to help states make money to help bring in new jobs I guess the don't care .

The irony is that copious planting of acres and acres of low-grade hemp in strategic marijuana growing areas would DESTROY the value of the recreational marijuana crops in the area, the massive wind and insect born pollen counts would turn the high-end bud into seeded schwag not worthy of commercial Mexican weed prices.

Colorado has authorized some limited hemp production, and there is already talk around Recreational Dispensaries of strategically contaminating their competitors grow operations by planting hemp nearby.